Midras Zakharia 14:21: Sifrei Devarim

וְ֠הָיָה כָּל־סִ֨יר בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֜ם וּבִֽיהוּדָ֗ה קֹ֚דֶשׁ לַיהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וּבָ֙אוּ֙ כָּל־הַזֹּ֣בְחִ֔ים וְלָקְח֥וּ מֵהֶ֖ם וּבִשְּׁל֣וּ בָהֶ֑ם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶ֨ה כְנַעֲנִ֥י ע֛וֹד בְּבֵית־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃

Setiap periuk di Yerusalem dan di Yehuda akan menjadi kudus bagi Yang Mahakekal semesta alam. Semua orang yang mempersembahkan kurban akan datang, mengambil sebagian dari periuk-periuk itu, dan memasak di dalamnya. Pada hari itu tidak akan ada lagi pedagang di Bait Yang Mahakekal semesta alam.

Sifrei Devarim

Variantly: R. Yehudah was wont to say: One should acquire words of Torah as (general) principles and "expend" (i.e., "implement" them as particulars, it being written "My taking (Torah) ya'arof as rain," "ya'arof" connoting acquisition. An analogy: One does not say to his neighbor "P'rot" ("break") this sela (a coin) for me, but "arof" (acquire) this sela for me. Similarly, one acquires words of Torah as (general) principles and implements them in small drops, like dew, and not in large drops like rain.
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